"In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers."
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Pindar
Poet
Pindar was an ancient Greek poet known for his odes celebrating athletic victories, emphasizing themes of excellence and honor in human achievement.
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Pindar
Poet
"Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection"
Pindar
Poet
"Learn what you are and be such."
Pindar
Poet
"Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life."
Pindar
Poet
"Words have a longer life than deeds."
Pindar
Poet
"O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible."